A company receives $100,000 cash from investors in exchange for stock.Several weeks later,the company buys a $250,000 machine using all of the cash from the stock issue and signing a promissory note for the remainder.The accounts involved in these two transactions are:

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The company received $100,000 cash from investors in exchange for stock, which means it received contributed capital. This would be recorded as a credit to Contributed Capital account.
When the company purchased a $250,000 machine, it used all the cash received from stock issue and signed a promissory note for the remainder. So, the company used cash to purchase the machine, and this would be recorded as a debit to Equipment account and a credit to Cash account. The company also signed a promissory note for the remaining amount, which would be recorded as a credit to Notes Payable account.
Therefore, the accounts involved in these transactions are: Cash, Equipment, Contributed Capital, and Notes Payable.

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